PRINCIPALLY SPEAKING
Simon Brooks, Principal
At AISM, a core part of our mission is as follows: we aim to help our students become thoughtful, engaged global citizens, both open-minded and healthily sceptical, equipped to survive and flourish in a world which constantly changes around them.
Right now, one of those big changes is upon us, and it promises to challenge and subvert the way we think, learn, assess and work forever.
It goes by the name of Generative AI, or Generative Artificial Intelligence.
Many of our community members will have heard about the rise of ChatGPT, a specific Generative AI Chatbot, an online form of artificial ‘intelligence’ that actually sounds intelligent! It uses natural language processing to create human-like conversational dialogue. It can respond to questions, compose various content, write articles, social media posts, essays, code, emails - and the list goes on.
When it was launched in November last year, the service reached 1 million users after 5 days, a quite extraordinary rate of growth. By January 2023 it had reached over 100 million users, and will now be well in excess of this number. For comparison, Netflix has 230 million subscribers, and if ChatGPT hasn’t already overtaken Netflix, I imagine it will not be long until it does.
The rise of Generative AI clearly has massive ramifications for education. Schools around the world, including AISM, are working hard to learn as much as possible about this new form of tech, and the opportunities and challenges it presents to us.
For many in education, the greatest challenge that this new technology represents is the capacity for cheating that it so clearly provides. If I have an English essay due, perhaps in response to the question, “Who is most to blame for the tragic events which unfold in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth?”, I can ask ChatGPT to write my essay for me, and it will do a pretty good job. I can ask it to write 100 words, 500 words, 1000 words, or 5000 words, and it will. I can ask it to include references to the play, and it will. I can ask it to integrate contextual references and critically analyse quotations from key literary critics, and it will.
It can help with researching and writing essays on various topics, including history, science, PDHPE and more. In Maths, it can help solve equations, graph functions, and provide step-by-step solutions to Maths problems. It can help students with vocabulary, grammar and writing exercises in various languages. It can provide guidance on science experiments and help interpret the results. It can help with finding and organising sources for research projects, as well as providing guidance on structuring and writing a research paper. It can provide practice questions and explanations for various tests, including the HSC.
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However, ChatGPT comes with a warning tag. Sometimes, its responses are plausible, but incorrect. If you ask it to share a list of references for a particular topic, some of them might be incorrect, inaccurate or entirely fictional. There are also potential unethical applications we need to be aware of, along with the possibility of bias, lack of diverse representation, racism, and stereotypes.
Here at AISM, we are committed to learning as much as possible about this new tool. For the past few weeks, teams of teachers in our school have been working together to find out as much as they can, and we are making great progress towards developing a policy and framework which will enable us to accommodate for the challenges that it presents, and maximise the opportunities to enrich learning that it affords.
We are just at the beginning in terms of what we need to come to learn about this new technology.
For the moment, though, I’d like to conclude with a couple of key thoughts.
Firstly, at AISM we believe that learning is a consequence of thinking. I’ve written and spoken about this many times before, but Generative AI throws new light on this important belief. We believe that it is only when our students think about what they are learning, that they truly learn in any deep, memorable, or engaging way.
Therefore, in a new age of Generative AI, we must ensure that it is still our children who are doing the thinking. If ChatGPT does the thinking for them, it will be ChatGPT which does the learning!
So here is a key question for us to ponder. How might we utilise ChatGPT not to do the thinking for us, but to enrich the thinking that we do? How might we harness it to extend our thinking, pushing it in new and different directions? If we can do this, it has the potential to bump up our learning to the next level.
Secondly, and here I return to the opening paragraph of my article, how might we draw on ChatGPT in our ongoing mission to help our learners become thoughtful, healthily sceptical and engaged critical thinkers? As the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky wrote, ‘Children grow into the intellectual life around them.’ If we want our children to become critical thinkers, we need to provide them with opportunities to be critical.
As I have already written, ChatGPT is not to be trusted. Everything it generates should be taken with a pinch of salt. What a wonderful opportunity it presents, then, to help our children develop their critical faculties, analysing the relevance, authority and accuracy of everything it produces.
Let me conclude with a sonnet which is written by ChatGPT itself. First, I’ll share the instructions I provided. Then I’ll share the sonnet it wrote.
It’s no William Shakespeare, but I’m still pretty impressed!
“Hi ChatGPT, please write me a sonnet exploring the opportunities and threats that ChatGPT presents to schools and to learning, focusing specifically on the idea that if learning is the consequence of thinking, we must ensure that it is still the students who do the thinking, not ChatGPT itself.”
Oh ChatGPT, what wonders you can bring
With knowledge vast, and answers in a snap
But what of those who fear the future ring
Of schools left empty, minds left to nap
Opportunities abound with you in tow
With research, tasks, and homework done with ease
But threats arise, if learning we forgo
Forgetting, thinking is what makes us seize
The danger lies in thinking you're the key
To learning, when the truth is quite contrary
For students' minds must still be running free
And thinking, challenging, to be necessary
So let us use you as a tool to aid
Not let you replace the minds we've made.
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JUNIOR SCHOOL
Michelle Chaplin, Head of Junior School
Term 1 is fast coming to a close and we are celebrating in style! You will have heard in the PTS Conferences of your child’s wonderful achievements - how they have been driven to meet their goals and where they are headed next - this is all a key component of our Visible Learning Platform - where we all work in partnership for our students to be the best they can be!
Term 1 has been a time for students old and new to get a sense of their class, the expectations, to make new friends, cement old friendships and build a relationship with their teachers. It is important for all students to gain a sense of belonging, know they have a friend and believe in their teacher - Term 1 has been awesome!
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.’”
– Winston Churchill
“if you want to increase student academic achievement, give each student a friend”
- Hattie
We love our Puppet Shows, our swimming lessons and story time with Ms Manpreet.
- ELC
“I am having fun making ocean puppet sticks and playing the puppet theatre with my friends.”
- Prerna
“I have fun making Three Little Pigs house with straw, popsicle sticks and just a square paper.”
- Medina
"The best part of Term 1 has been our swimming program. We LOVE wearing our bathers to school and blowing bubbles in the water!"
"I like eating my food in the big Canteen. I get to sit with all of my friends at the big tables...yeah!"
- Foundation
"We really love reading all of our picture books and getting to 100 for this Term! We are storybook experts!"
- Year 1
"In Year 2 this term, we have loved learning about different areas of Math. Some highlights were finding out about the Jump and Split Strategy, measuring the distance our paper planes flew and exploring Area by creating monsters and working out the area they took up on our page."
- Year 2
"In Year 3 this term, we have been particularly proud of our learning in Inquiry about Indigenous Culture. We are almost finished putting together our Rainbow Serpent collage, which will be big, colourful and amazing. We will share photos of it soon. We have also been developing our thinking in thinking routines, such as the 4 Cs (connections, challenges, concepts, changes); See, Think, Wonder; Think, Puzzle, Explore; and Chalk Talk. We are looking forward to what's to come in Term 2."
- Year 3
"I loved doing a podcast in my Inquiry lesson. It was so much fun!"
- Azumi Monolbaev, 4G
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows."
- Year 5
Term 2 is set to be a winner! CCAs start in week 1, the Junior School swimming program starts in Week 2 and away we go - new goals, new learnings and new families joining us - new friends!!
Enjoy a wonderful holiday break - read some good books, play some fun games, create some memories to cherish and get ready for a big Term 2 at AISM where we are all about “Learning in Action”.
Junior School SRC Team
Ms. Jaeshinthaa Kaur, Junior School Student Representatives Council Teacher
Meet our Semester 1 Junior School Student Representative Council (SRC) members! We are enthusiastic and ready to take on our leadership responsibilities. We serve to always lead by example.
In our first meeting, we collaborated with Mr. Laurent Epetahui and learned more about sustainability to kick-start the Junior School Green Initiative. The Junior School SRC aims to foster positive recycling habits within the school. The Junior School SRC believes that by encouraging and educating our school community to recycle is a way of teaching them about sustainability. The importance of being sustainable shows us that the environment is important.
As a part of the Junior School Green Initiative, we came up with the idea of allocating a recycling bin for each classroom across the Junior School. Moreover, the Junior School SRC members have taken a green pledge to serve mindful reminders to their classmates about waste disposal in the right bins during break and lunch time and to turn off the lights and air conditioners when not in use. The Junior School green warriors encourage our whole school comunity to bring reusable water containers to school rather than one-time-use plastic bottles.
As inspiring Junior School SRC members, we pledge to create more awareness around the importance of sustainability within the community.
Fabulous Foundation Learners
Ms Leigh Janett & Ms Charlotte McNarn, Foundation Teachers
Visible Learning
Foundation learners are rather exceptional at AISM. Not only have they set learning goals for themselves this term, they also confidently shared successes with their parents and teachers during our recent PTS Conferences. From holding their breath longer in the pool to stretching out tricky words when reading, our learners know where they are, where they want to go and how to get there. Here are some snapshots of our incredible learners in the midst of conferences where they celebrated their amazing learning growth for Term 1.
100 Days of School
Each day our marvellous mathematicians develop a rich sense of number, sequence, measurement and data collection through the 100 Days of School Maths Program. We count the days of school, looking closely at what comes before and after the number on our 100s Chart. Often we spot patterns when looking at the numbers which is rather exciting. We clap the number of the day, draw it, use our bodies to make that number, put it in 10-frames, bundle it using popsicle sticks and we even count it in Ringgit and Australian Dollars! Can you believe we have been at school for 42 days? I wonder how many days are left until we have our 100th day of school?
Visual Arts
During Visual Art lessons Foundation has been exploring the concept of portraiture. Throughout the term they have researched the greats, including Vincent Van Gogh. For your viewing pleasure, here are some self-portraits, portraits of peers, portraits of teachers and even Van Gogh himself!
MIDDLE & SENIOR SCHOOL
Call for Speaker
We would like to find a speaker, perhaps from a medical field or background, to address the teenage members of our community about the importance of sleep. If you or someone you know is well equipped to lead this session, please get in touch with Mr Unsworth at jamesu@aism.edu.my.
Call for Examination Invigilators
Each year our senior students sit the Higher School Certificate (HSC) written examinations. These examinations are written and controlled by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA). These examinations are supervised by invigilators who are engaged directly (and paid a stipend) by NESA, under the supervision of an appointed Presiding Officer. No prior experience is necessary to take on the role of examination invigilator, the only rules are that the invigilators must not be employed by the school and cannot have a relative sitting the examinations of that session. If you would like to nominate yourself to take on this role in 2023, please email Mr Unsworth at jamesu@aism.edu.my.
Blast From the Past
The video for last year's smash hit Mamma Mia: The Musical is now available. Hit "play" to relive our MSS students' thrilling performances!
Netball Off to a Winning Start
Mr Simon Matheson, Head of Science and Technology
Our Under 15 Netball team engaged in their first fixtures post-pandemic on Monday 20th March. We travelled to HELP International School, where we played a series of four friendly matches against HELP’s two teams. Our Under 15s played very well, demonstrated the values of our community and reflected after each match, feeding-forward into the next match and they just got better and better with each game. In the end, the team won two matches, drew one and lost one, so it was an excellent first outing for this team. The team was ably captained by Aneesha Pollock and her team consisted of Maia Ahern, Reitu Mkwanazi, Natalie Ooi, Sara Allenspach, Charlotte Anderson, Jasmin Unsworth, Asha Murugan and Emilee Anderson.
Farm-to-Plate at AISM
Mr Simon Matheson, Head of Science and Technology
Our exciting new CoCurricular Activity tantalising the taste buds every Thursday highlights how fresh produce and food preparation is important to a healthy lifestyle. Mr Christian Ogle is a classically trained chef and served as a Peace Corps Agricultural Specialist in Suriname. He capably leads our student trainees in the art of food growth, storage and management. We nurture, tend and harvest vegetables and roots from our school agricultural spaces and create heavenly delights to enjoy. This is a rare opportunity for our student body to learn from Mr Ogle, prized with tasty treats.
"Food may come and go, but making your own at home satisfies your hunger better. The culinary arts are a great way to create healthy master chef dishes whenever you want."
– Henry Yap and Perikles Koumorous
What is recycling?
Toshimi Sawada, Shotaro Kanda and Olivier Tan, Living Campus Prefects, Members of Green Team
Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. This concept often includes the recovery of energy from waste materials. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the properties it had in its original state. It is an alternative to "conventional" waste disposal that can save material and help lower greenhouse gas emissions. It can also prevent the waste of potentially useful materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reducing energy use, air pollution(from incineration) and water pollution(from landfilling).
Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, cardboard, metal, plastic, tires, textiles, batteries, and electronics. The composting and other reuse of biodegradable waste such as food and garden waste is also a form of recycling. Materials for recycling are either delivered to a household recycling center or picked up from curbside bins, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials for manufacturing new products
It promotes environmental sustainability by removing raw material input and redirecting waste output in the economic system. There are some ISO standards related to recycling for environmental management control of recycling practice.
In ideal implementations, recycling a material produces a fresh supply of the same material. With other materials, this is often difficult or too expensive (compared with producing the same product from raw materials or other sources), so "recycling" of many products and materials involves their reuse in producing different materials.
How is our waste being recycled?
- Collection: The first step in the recycling process is the collection of recyclable materials, which can be done through recycling programs and recycling bins.
- Sorting: Once collected, the materials are sorted based on their type, such as glass, plastic, paper, and metal. This is important to ensure that the materials are processed correctly and efficiently.
- Cleaning: Some materials, such as plastics and glass, may need to be cleaned to remove any contaminants or impurities.
- Shredding and Melting: The materials are then shredded or melted down into smaller pieces or pellets, depending on the material type.
- Manufacturing: The shredded or melted materials are then used to make new products, such as recycled paper, plastic bottles, and aluminium cans.
- Distribution: The recycled products are distributed to retailers and consumers for use.
- Collection and Reuse: Finally, when the recycled products are no longer needed, they can be collected and reused to start the recycling process all over again
Fun Facts about recycling:
- Cardboard fact - 70% of the corrugated cardboard is recovered for recycling
- Plastic fact - Plastic bags can take up to or more than 1000 years to decompose
- Glass fact - Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled again and again, without the loss in quality or purity
- Paper fact - Recycling one ton of paper saves around 26500 liters of water
- E-waste fact - 85% of our E-wastage (or electronic wastage) were sent to landfills and incinerators and they are mostly burned and released toxic gas into the environment such as Carbon dioxide
LOTE Language Competition
Mrs Stephanie Rajani, Teacher of French
Last February, French and Chinese students took part in the “Language Nut” Competition, which enables students to showcase their language skills and compete with other students from around the world. Over the course of one month, students were required to complete various challenges and tasks in order to earn points. All language skills are tested in order to build their grammar, vocabulary, and fluency. Over 16,000 students from around the world participated in the February competition.
We are pleased to announce the top 3 linguists of the school, all competing for French:
- 1st place: Fiza Gupta was ranked 18th out of all students in the world.
- 2nd place: Ruby Ritchie was ranked 55th out of all students in the world.
- 3rd place: Yuzuki Satoh was ranked 251st out of all students in the world.
Congratulations to all participants.
AISM Student Awarded For Being Top Overall Student In The World For the HSC Society and Culture course in 2022
Gayatri Unsworth, Year 11 & 12 Society and Culture Teacher
AISM’s graduating class of 2022 gave our community plenty of amazing reasons to celebrate with their outstanding performance in the HSC examinations.
Amongst the cohort’s many incredible achievements, a distinct standout was Nichole Ong Sing Huey who received the great honour of being named the Top Overall Student in the World for the subject of Society and Culture in 2022.
Nichole’s remarkable feat was recently acknowledged and commemorated by the New South Wales Society and Culture Association at a formal awards ceremony. At the event, Nichole was presented with the Prof Sol Encel Award and medal by Ms Lyn Kirkby, the Executive Director, School and Teaching Standards at NSW Education Standards Authority, in recognition of her outstanding HSC performance in the subject.
Nichole’s personal reflections on her experience studying Society and Culture at AISM:
I was delighted to receive the award, because it was a welcome acknowledgement of all the work that had gone into the subject. It was also nice to be able to represent Malaysians and specifically AISM in a field typically dominated by domestic students, bringing some recognition to the work and talent that exists outside of schools local to Australia.
If you asked me last year, Society and Culture would have meant staying up late to re-record my China video because I was speaking too quickly, or running around imploring people to answer my PIP questionnaire. Now looking back on it, I would say that the subject and the way it is taught at AISM meant that I was able to explore my own interests and infuse a sense of individuality to my HSC year through the completion of my PIP, and the spreading of awareness regarding themes that will no doubt continue to be increasingly relevant into the future such as the importance of cultural relativism or the ability to make an objective analysis of beliefs and ideologies while remaining respectful.
In that vein, since beginning university, I would say that Society and Culture has helped me as a student through building my research skills, as well as my ability to understand the world around me. As a person, it has made me more socially and culturally literate by allowing me to evaluate my biases when it comes to looking at society as a whole, as well as more empathetic by being able to understand that there is more beneath the surface of the way in which people interact.
Overall, I am incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to be in last year's Society and Culture class at AISM. I don't think I would be where I am today without it, and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone going into Year 11 and 12.
A micro-narrative inspired by the short story 'To Serve Man' by Damon Knight
Annabelle Au and Imad Imran Winton Bin Abdullah, Year 11 Advanced English Student
A close shave
Do I have to do this? Is this worth it? Is there no other way? Thoughts spiral in my mind as the cold blade touches my skin, sending a shiver down my spine, shaking me awake from the moment. Is this another one of my “teenage tendencies”? As mother always says, “hormones”.
I remember she once told me that she, too, did it in her teenage years. She did it on impulse, and oh, did she regret it. To this day, she is still nagging about how it left scars on her porcelain skin, like black markers permanently scribbled on a white canvas, and that she would give up anything to turn back time just to stop her teenage self from doing it. I have thought that her words are a bit of a stretch, I mean, give up anything? I would give up anything to blind the eyes of those girls that stare at me from head to toe like I’m some sort of abnormal, freakish creature that arrived on Earth from another planet; I would give up anything to shut the mouths of those boys that scream “hairy beast!” every time they see me like it’s some exorcist spell that would make me vanish into thin air - I hope I could vanish into thin air! Does my mother not understand? She’s excusing this as a teenage tendency while knowing it only started growing when I reached teenagehood. There’s only one thing I can do right now to change it all.
I feel my chest expand as I inhale the cool bathroom air. Slowly, I work the blade up my arm, blood dripping as it pierces through my skin. It’s all going to be over soon, I tell myself. I turn on the tap, allowing ice-cold water to hit my wounds, hoping that it will wash the scars away. I turn off the tap and exhale.
Hey, that isn’t bad for my first shave.
- Annabelle Au
The ball is in your court
The sun shines bright, beaming its rays of light as cottages shimmer and children play. However, the bright day upon us abruptly shifts to gloom and darkness. A neighbouring dictatorship — a sad excuse for a ‘kingdom’ — commits an act of war. Our nation is at war! Although their attack may have been weak, it is still an act of war! Despite being only a wall dividing our nations, Imadionum will not cower.
Standing proudly commanding the army of my gracious kingdom. Nothing will enter my motherland. Warding off cannonballs using technology only used by the great Olympians of our accomplished athletes. This loathsome foe will not harm the bright citizens of our advanced civilization. Our army is prepared to die – prepared to sacrifice their life for a cause more crucial than themselves—the enemy kingdom with a soul of black care not about their own people. Unlike ours, the people of Ethanoia shiver in fear as the instability of governance protects only those in power from the rats and plague of the tragically unclean and moist state of their ‘kingdom’. We must save these innocent people — these innocent civilians, from this cruel dictatorship.
I order rescue and assault battalions to quickly advance to the great wall and ambush the nation. The innocent will be saved. Aggress the aggressor as they are now under pressure. This rotten governed nation can stand no more. Our troops flank left and right as they stealth their way past the ignorant military forces of Ethanoia, making their way to the palace run by baboons.
Their chaotic nation is now under new management. A sense of clarity and achievement rushes through my veins. This corrupt nation will harm us no more! I proudly shout, “6-1. Game, set, match Ethan!”.
- Imad Imran Winton Bin Abdullah
WHOLE SCHOOL
AISM MSS Swimming Carnival
Ivan Yoong, Whole School CCA & Sports Coordinator
The MSS swimming carnival was a great success. We kicked off the day with House Captains leading their houses for House Chants, and house spirits skyrocketed. We would like to thank everyone who participated and assisted in any way throughout the day. Credit to the teachers who took part in the Student vs Teachers Relay.
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| Age Group | Champion |
2nd place |
3rd place |
| 11 & Under Boys | Arjan Pathmanaban | Christopher Chin | Kaeden Diep |
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11 & Under Girls |
Ayra Akmal Hakim | Antonia Sanchez Chaves | |
| 12 & Under Boys | Alex Furlan | Sebastien Moore | Yuet Kah Loo |
| 12 & Under Girls | Sharon Ng | Ruby Ritchie | Emma Ahern |
| 13 & Under Boys | Toby Taylor | Lap Yin Lam | |
| 14 & Under Boys | Fynn Ritchie | Perikles Koumoris | |
| 14 & Under Girls | Jasmin Unsworth | ||
| 15 & Under Boys | Iggy Jones | Cedric Boudeville | Samuel Kerr |
| 15 & Under Girls | Sara Selvindoss | ||
| 16 & Under Boys | Kai Ter Huggel | Austin Xia | Jason Guo |
| 16 & Under Girls | Sara Allenspach | Aneesha Pollock | |
| Open Boys | Benedict Chin | Jayden Yew | Olivier Tan |
| Open Girls | Pui Yee Chuah |
| House Champion 202 | |||
| Champion | 2nd place |
3rd place |
4th place |
| Rafter | Freeman | Sauvage | Thorpe |
AIMS U15 Boys & Girls Basketball Final
Ivan Yoong, Whole School CCA & Sports Coordinator
Our U15 Boys and Girls participated in the AIMS Basketball Final recently. They have demonstrated massive improvement in terms of game sense and team work after going through a series of intensive training organised by Mr Wells and Ms McPherson. Credit to Coach Zul who assisted in this event. Well done AISM!
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U15 Boys |
Ka Jun Chuah, Jin Ishizaka, Toby Taylor, Jai Taylor, Lap Yin Lam, Perikles Koumouris, Zaquan Husin Azlan Husin, Lum Yi Kheng & Cedric Boudeville |
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U15 Girls |
Alana Saldanha, Hyuna Oh, Wakana Matsuo, Ashley Yoong, Zaynab Fatima, Pui Mun Chuah, Yura Lim, Cherish Wang & Alexis Taylor |
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U15 Boys - Bowl Final |
3rd Place |
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U15 Girls - Plate Final |
2nd Place |
AIMS Soccer Final
Ivan Yoong, Whole School CCA & Sports Coordinator
A group of students from the Junior School played in the recent soccer fixtures under Association of International School Malaysia (AIMS). They have made AISM proud by demonstrating R.E.C.I.P.E values and being persistent throughout the matches. Credit goes to Coach Hussein for his contributions in training the teams weekly. Kudos Team AISM!
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U9 Boys |
Jian Zi Neoh, Yi Chen Chua, Edward Broadbent, Riley Layt, Haruto Inuishi, Belvan Lee, Ethan Ng, Baxter Janett, Corwin Chua & Muaath Gorgor |
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U11 Boys |
Kaeden Diep, Arjan Pathmanaban, Felix Grange, Edwin Ng, Bailin Liu, Xinyu Pan, Montgomery Oliver & Abdul Rahman |
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U11 Girls |
Ashley Yoong, Qian Hua Loo, Suenne Lee, Chelsea Unsworth, Nur Azalea Nazrin, Laura Mikayla Adrin Shafil, Ruohan Liu, Alice Lim & Danah Gorgor |
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U9 Boys - Bowl Final |
2nd Place |
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U11 Boys - Plate Final |
2nd Place |
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U11 Girls - Plate Final |
2nd Place |
Baked Goods Sale a Success as Senior School Prepares for Formal Dance
Senior School Dance Committee
We are excited to report that the Senior School's fundraising efforts for the upcoming formal dance are off to a great start. The first fundraising event, a Baked Goods Sale, was held during recess and lunch on Friday, March 17th. We would like to express our gratitude to all the parents, students, and faculty members who donated baked goods or volunteered their time to help make this event a success.
The Baked Goods Sale was the first of many fundraising activities aimed at ensuring that ticket sales for the formal dance are affordable for all students. The event was organised by The Senior School Dance Committee, who has been working tirelessly to ensure that the formal dance is a memorable and enjoyable experience for all senior school students.
"As the donations of mouthwatering baked goods arrived on Friday morning, I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude for the support we had received," said Mr. Webster. "We are truly grateful to all the parents, teachers and staff who contributed. This event is just the beginning of what I hope will be a series of successful fundraising activities leading up to the formal dance."
The Senior School formal dance is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 17th, and the theme for the evening will be vintage Hollywood. This event will provide a safe and enjoyable environment for students to socialise, interact, and build positive relationships with their peers while enjoying an unforgettable night.
If you have any further ideas, or suggestions or would like to contribute to the Senior School Dance in any other way, please don't hesitate to contact Mr. Steven Webster at stevenwebster@aism.edu.my.
We appreciate your support and look forward to making AISM Senior School Dance a success together.
PTC Celebrates AISM Mums
Parent, Teacher Community
MOTHER’S DAY ART WORKSHOP
All Mums invited…. a morning to celebrate our creativity as AISM Mums!
No artistic experience required | Art Canvas with coffee, tea and nibbles
Date/Time: May 11, 2023 | 9.30am to 11.30am
Tickets: RM50
Hosted at AISM by Ms Kim Ritchie and Turkan Dunderdale.
Please RSVP by 5pm May 1, 2023 (forms to go out soon)
JUNIOR SCHOOL MOTHERS’ DAY GIFT STALL
Junior School students to purchase gifts for Mum.
PTC is asking for sponsorship where possible for items such as bath bombs, pampering products, candles, gardening, chocolates etc to assist with the stall products - students purchase for Mums at RM5, RM10, RM20.
Date/Time: May 11, 2023 | 11am – 2.30pm
